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Audit Decision Making: There is a fine line that an auditor must walk when documenting the results of a management systems audit. Determining the differences between a major non-conformance, minor non-conformance, and or observation can be difficult. This paper clarifies these audit decision making difficulties. Third party quality management system audits are meant...; Tags: Financial accounting, audit, Quality Management System, quality management, tool, performance; White papers 2008-04-20
Govt to Recover Cost of Rich Tax Probe: The federal government is on track to recoup at least all of the $305 million allocated to investigate the tax affairs of the nation's rich.Project Wickenby was established in 2006 to detect and disrupt international tax avoidance and evasion, with all $305 million in funding to be spread over...; Tags: Audit, Australian Taxation Office, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-30
When to Conduct an Employee Communication Audit: Communication problems in the organisation are not unlike the progressive development of a headache. If the initial bodily cues are ignored or not monitored, the full "Throb" will hit. The result is much more time and effort lost in trying to correct the unbearable condition than would have been needed...; Tags: Audit, Stance, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers
Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance at Fortune 500 Travel and Real Estate Organization: Protiviti provided a global Fortune 500 company with the flexible staffing arrangements under a Master Services Agreement. It also provided an industry and subject matter expertise and a responsive, high quality client service. This helped the company in reducing the unclaimed property exposure within their rental car division by $1...; Tags: Protiviti, staffing, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, agreement, industry; Case studies
The Proactive Auditor's Role in HIPAA Compliance: While HIPAA requirements represent an increase in workload for audit professionals, they also offer some unique opportunities to make the job easier. The paper summarizes that by adopting a proactive approach to the project, taking advantage of natural synergies among the total audit initiatives and making skillful use of the...; Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Protiviti, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA, audit, job; White papers

Internal Audit Co-Sourcing at National Telecommunications Provider: Skilled staff was needed by the company's to interview candidates and select the right person to do the work. Protiviti was engaged to provide Internal Audit loan staff services. The team led three audits, working closely with the director of Internal Audit. In both the Post-Implementation and the Inventory Management...; Tags: Protiviti, Inventory Management, audit, team; Case studies
Following Up on Accounting and Audit Complaints: Compliance With Sarbanes-Oxley Section 301.4: Among the many provisions that companies are busy complying with is Section 301, of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which addresses audit committees. Section 301.4 requires that audit committees establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal controls and other auditing matters. The procedures used must allow for...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Operational accounting, Financial services, Regulatory compliance, Protiviti, auditing, accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit, compliance; White papers
Assessing Internal Controls Under Sarbanes-Oxley: Executive management has always had responsibility for the design and effectiveness of the internal control structure. Now, because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that responsibility has been explicit for all to see. The paper summarizes that management must make assertions and is likely to rely on internal audit. They...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit; White papers
Tying Down the Corporate Dollar: The swathe of regulations that has swept through the corporate landscape in the last five years has proven particularly claustrophobic for IT departments. Because most businesses rely on IT systems to aid businesses processes associated with financial accounts, IT departments are placed at the very core of compliance - and...; Tags: Audit, Information Technology, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance; White papers
E-Security Cuts Costs and Time From Audit Preparation and Review for Fortune 500 Brokerage Firm: The customer is a Fortune 500 global brokerage firm offering securities and commodities brokerage, asset management, trust services, mutual funds, insurance, and investment banking to individuals. Although the company established well-documented policies to address regulatory requirements, they had no cost-effective way to monitor policy compliance across their multiplatform, multi-vendor IT...; Tags: Regulations, Fortune 500, brokerage, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, investment banking, IT environment, asset management, mutual fund, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit, IM, insurance, compliance, asset, security, monitor, information technology, database, operating system, e-mail; Case studies
Internal Audit's Role in Identification and Investigation of Frauds and Other Financial Reporting Irregularities: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which Congress passed and President Bush signed last year, is one result of the public backlash against the rash of corporate scandals that have been coming to light. The act includes a variety of measures to improve corporate governance; including new reporting requirements to restore trust in...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Protiviti, financial reporting, irregularity, fraud, financial, corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit; White papers
How to Turn Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Into a Strategic Advantage: The key to turning one's company's conformity with Sarbanes-Oxley into a strategic advantage is to sustain the compliance year-on-year. To do so, one must embrace the idea that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is an ongoing journey not a final destination. To increase company's competitive advantage and close the IT audit gap one...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate culture, audit, competitive advantage, best practice, information technology; White papers
Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance Assistance and Internal Audit Co-Sourcing at Leading Pharmaceutical Manufacturer: The company, which manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products, did not have an internal audit function. Protiviti assisted the company in starting up its internal audit function. Protiviti provided Internal Audit co-sourcing services and assistance with SOA Section 404 compliance efforts. It also provided technology risk services. The key value drivers...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial accounting, Protiviti, audit, pharmaceutical company, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, leadership; Case studies
Internal Audit Outsourcing and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for National Drug Store Chain: The Protiviti engagement team was able to provide the company, one of the most recognized retail drug store chains on the West Coast with an outsourced internal audit function delivered by professionals with relevant industry experience. Through consistency in personnel and responsiveness, the engagement team has been able to assist...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, audit, outsource, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance, industry; Case studies
Raising Your Audit Score Through Effective Document Control: This paper discusses how one can most effectively raise the audit scores of an organization by building effective document control processes. Document control and document lifecycle management have become increasingly important foundation for building and implementing a good compliance and quality system. With the growth of online manuals, Standard Operating...; Tags: Financial accounting, MetricStream Inc., audit, compliance, lifecycle management, supplier; White papers
Incorporating Audits in Your Operational Framework: While Many books and articles have been written about how to drive greater management and organizational output, only recently are managers being asked to think about how to incorporate "Audits" as a management tool within their organizations. First of all, contrary to the belief, audit is not a responsibility of...; Tags: Financial accounting, MetricStream Inc., audit; White papers
Implementing a Well Designed Audit Program: The authors previously discussed best practices for incorporating audits into a operational framework in another paper. In this paper, the authors take the discussion further and pose the question, on how to most effectively implement audits in a global organization. To put the problem in context, this paper looks at...; Tags: Financial accounting, MetricStream Inc., audit, Use Case, best practice; White papers
Models for Finance: Business Reference Models for Audit and Finance: Proforma created audit and finance models in response to demands for a more effective way to document financial processes and internal controls. Proforma collaborated with audit and financial reporting experts to develop a series of pre-built best practice financial process and control models housed within ProVision, the premier visual process...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial Planning, financial reporting, audit, financial, finance, best practice, payroll, modeling; White papers
Case Study: Telecom Company Seeks to Tame the Benefits Beast: A major telecommunications company identified several substantial weaknesses in the administration of their benefits plans. The company's in-house benefits team lacked the technical knowledge, vendor marketplace perspective and resources to address their concerns. Through vendor administration reviews and extensive examination of process documentation, the company determined if the client's pension...; Tags: Workforce management, Telecom & Utilities, Deloitte & Touche, administration, audit, telecommunications, knowledge, team; Case studies
Internal Audit Transformation at International Wireless Telecommunication Corporation: The Internal Audit Transformation and Co-Sourcing Project consisted of redesigning the approach, methodologies, tools and outcomes of the company's Internal Audit function to move the function towards best-in-class performance. The initial project resulted in several internal audit co-sourcing projects involving Protiviti's Fraud Investigations, Supply Chain Management, Technology Risk Solutions and...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Financial accounting, Protiviti, audit, SCM, supply chain, business process, telecommunications, performance, tool; Case studies